Categories: OLD Media Moves

Mobile biz reporter becomes political editor

George Talbot, a business reporter for the Mobile Press-Register in Alabama, is becoming the paper’s political editor, according to a short story in Sunday’s paper.

The story stated, “In this year’s Alabama Press Association news writing competition, Talbot swept the Best Business Story category, winning first, second and third places with three different stories.

“Talbot twice has been part of a business reporting team that won top national honors from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers. In addition, he has received first-place honors in the prestigious Green Eyeshade Awards for Southern newspapers.

“As political editor, Talbot will continue to report, penning a political column and covering issues of local, statewide and national interest.”

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Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.